Mindfulness dalam Komunikasi Antarbudaya (Studi Deskriptif pada Peserta Indonesia – Poland Cross-cultural Program)

Culture and communication are inseparable. Since different cultures provide different norms, values, andrules, people from different cultures are likely to communicate in different manner. Gudykunst argued that communicationbetween people from different cultures is thwarted by anxiety and uncertainty. He believed that mindfulnessis the moderate process to manage those anxiety and uncertainty perceived by those strangers and in-groupmembers. Indonesia – Poland Cross-Cultural Program (IPCCP) was designed to confront two Indonesians andseven Poles in such intercultural encounter. Since they come from different cultural backgrounds, several differencesarose. Those differences sometimes emerged anxiety and uncertainty.By applying Gudykunst\u27s Anxiety/ Uncertainty Management Theory (AUM Theory), this research isaimed to examine what kinds of anxiety and uncertainty perceived by those Indonesians and Poles, as well aswhat kinds of effort they had done to mindfully manage those problems. To enrich the analysis of mindfulness, theresearcher also applies Langer\u27s three characteristics of mindfulness and Jandt\u27s four competencies in mindfulintercultural communication.This research reveals that both Indonesians and Poles had mindfully managed their anxiety and uncertaintyby implementing five efforts, which are: bringing motivations into actions, self-disclosure, understandingdifferences, perceiving similarities, and building personal closeness